Outdoor resting preference of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, the vector of Japanese encephalitis in Warangal and Karim Nagar districts, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Das, Bina Pani ^a   Lal, Shiv ^a   Saxena, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Cx. tritaeniorhynchus; Outdoor resting habit; Sweep cage method; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ANOPHELES VAGUS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX BITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULEX GELIDUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; REST; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 3543035227     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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